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Ruby Sinreich

So the police are annoyed about how much resources it takes to follow up on all these alerts, meanwhile ShotSpotter is mocking our city government for using pronouns.

Politically, I think it's getting harder and harder for the City Council to fully fund this after the pilot.

wral.com/emails-provide-glimps

WRALEmails provide glimpse of tense exchanges between Durham police chief, ShotSpotter repsBy Sarah Krueger

@ruby
“Another email from July 2022 shows the Durham Police Department created a new Crime Analyst position specifically dedicated to ShotSpotter.”

“Durham’s year-long pilot program for ShotSpotter will cost the city $197,500.”

I’m betting that $197,500 price tag doesn’t include the FTE of the dedicated analyst.